Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

Q: How many lawyers does it take to roof a house?
A: Depends on how thin you slice them.

The joke has been cited in print since at least 1990.

Google Groups: rec.org.sca
counties
Baron Dur, Dark Horde, SCA
5/29/90
Where do the Mongols keep their Armies?...Up their Slevies!
(...)
Tell me Greadan,
How many Gobi Lawyers does it take to cover a yurt?
Depends on how thin you slice them..

Google Groups: rec.humor
Canonical List Of Lawyer Humor 1/2
Tis The Season
12/16/93
(...)
How many lawyers does it take to roof a house?
Depends on how thin you slice them.

Google BooksWhiplash!:
America’s Most Frivolous Lawsuits
By James Percelay and Jeremy Deutchman
Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing
2000
Pg 16:
Q: How many lawyers does it take to roof a house?
A: Depends on how thin you slice them.

Google BooksA Dyslexic Walks Into a Bra: A compendium of the best jokes, gags and one-liners
By Nick Harris
London: Michael O’Mara Book Limited
2011
Pg. ?:
How many lawyers does it take to roof a house?
– It depends on how thin you slice them

Google BooksA Prairie Home Companion
Pretty Good Joke Book (6th Edition)>/i>
Introduction by Garrison Keillor
Prince Frederick, MD: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
2015
Pg. ?:
How many lawyers does it take to roof a house?
Depends on how thin you slice them.

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Cheryl Bess ♊
‏@LadyKaianne
How many lawyers does it take to shingle a roof?
Depends on how thin you slice them.
Everyone loveds lawyer jokes, right?
5:58 PM - 4 Aug 2015